Wolves 2-0 Aston Villa
Key numbers
- Possession 31% – 69%
- Shots 8 (5 on target) – 10 (3)
- Decisive moment: 12' Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, FN xPts +0.7
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde 12'
Matheus Cunha 90+7'
Matheus Cunha 90+7'
HT 1:0
Wolves 18th → 17th · 19 pts|Aston Villa 8th · 37 pts
Wolves won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.63–0.45).
Player of the matchJean-Ricner BellegardeDecisive moment12' Jean-Ricner Bellegarde+0.7
Player of the match
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.3 (Dominant)
Game state
Wolves ahead 78 min · level 12 min · Aston Villa ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
12'
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Pablo Sarabia +0.2
+0.7
90+7'
Matheus Cunha
Goal
0.0
Wolves
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +0.7Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +1.0→ League points won 3
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.7Time effect −0.7→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
WolvesAston Villa
31%Possession69%
1.63Expected goals (xG)0.45
0.2xG per shot0.05
8Shots10
5Shots on target3
63%Shots on target %30%
6Shots in box4
247Passes554
81%Pass accuracy89%
5Corners8
3Saves3
20Fouls13
2Yellow cards3
6Offsides3
Compared with usual
Wolves
26 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2.2 | |
| xG | 1.63 | 0.94 | |
| xG against | 0.45 | 1.5 | |
| Shots | 8 | 10.9 | |
| On target | 5 | 4.5 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 13.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 31% | 47.3% | |
| Passes | 247 | 422.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 81.1% | |
| Corners | 5 | 3.2 | |
| Fouls | 20 | 13 |
Aston Villa
34 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 0.45 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.63 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 10 | 13 | |
| On target | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Shots faced | 8 | 12 | |
| xG per shot | 0.05 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 69% | 51.3% | |
| Passes | 554 | 446.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 89% | 85.1% | |
| Corners | 8 | 5.7 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 11.4 |
Timeline
- 12' Goal Jean-Ricner Bellegarde league goal #2 assist Pablo Sarabia
- 16' Yellow John McGinn
- 30' Yellow Morgan Rogers
- 34' Yellow Pablo Sarabia
- 45+2' Yellow Lamare Bogarde
- 46' Sub Jacob Ramsey → Amadou Onana
- 46' Sub Ollie Watkins → Leon Bailey
- 46' Sub Lucas Digne → Ian Maatsen
- 46' Sub Andrés García → Donyell Malen
- 73' Sub Rayan Aït Nouri → Tommy Doyle
- 73' Sub Gonçalo Guedes → Rodrigo Gomes
- 79' Sub Pablo Sarabia → Hee-Chan Hwang
- 83' Sub Lamare Bogarde → Kosta Nedeljković
- 88' Sub Jean-Ricner Bellegarde → Santiago Bueno
- 90+7' Yellow Matheus Cunha
- 90+7' Goal Matheus Cunha league goal #11
Category leaders
- Key passesIan Maatsen3
- Duels wonRayan Aït Nouri9/13
- DribblesRayan Aït Nouri3/5
- Defensive actionsMatt Doherty6
- ShotsMatheus Cunha4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonEzri Konsa4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.